Derek Vinyard

Derek Vinyard (1969-) was one of the founders of the Disciples of Christ white supremacist gang in Los Angeles, California during the 1990s.

Biography
Derek Vinyard was born in 1969 in Los Angeles, California, the son of firefighter Dennis Vinyard and the older brother of Danny Vinyard. Derek's father was racist, and his murder while putting out a crack den fire led to Derek becoming a staunch white supremacist. Vinyard was interviewed by the local news after his father's death, and he embarked on a long and racist tirade during the interview. Vinyard was recruited by white supremacist leader Cameron Alexander, who used Vinyard to recruit a slew of insecure, frustrated, and impressionable kids into the new "Disciples of Christ" white supremacist group. In 1995, he murdered two Crips as they tried to steal his car, shooting one of them dead and curb stomping the other. He was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, and he joined the Aryan Brotherhood in prison. Vinyard later quit the gang after he formed a friendship with an African-American prisoner named Lamont, for which he was raped in the shower by Aryan Brotherhood members. He left prison a changed man, vowing to stop his racism; he prompted a change in his younger brother when he told him about his time in prison. Unfortunately for Derek, his little brother was killed by a black student named "Little Henry", who was angry at Danny for his racism.